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G20 leaders to confront energy prices, other economic woes 10/29/2021 11:51am • ROME (AP) ��� Leaders of the Group of 20 countries gathering for their first in-person summit since the pandemic took hold will confront a global recovery hampered by a series of stumbling blocks: an energy crunch spurring higher fuel and utility prices, new COVID-19 outbreaks, and logjams in the su Facebook Inc.: A look at other corporate rebranding efforts 10/28/2021 04:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Facebook Inc. announced Thursday that it is changing its name to Meta Platforms Inc., joining a long list of companies that have tried to rebrand themselves over the years. The move comes as the company deals with the fallout from the Facebook Papers, a leaked document trove that h Facebook grilled by UK lawmakers making online safety rules 10/28/2021 03:43pm • LONDON (AP) ��� British lawmakers grilled Facebook on Thursday over how it handles online safety as European countries move to rein in the power of social media companies. Facebook's head of safety said the tech giant supports regulation and has no business interest in providing people with an ���un Clever Ways to Track Your Money Goals 10/28/2021 12:00am • Whether it's saving for a new car or boosting your bottom line, it's easy to set money goals. Reaching them is the hard part. However, tracking your progress can provide much-needed motivation. Today, there are many ways to keep moving toward your money goals -- from the latest apps to old-school sp Google rolls out tool to help minors delete photos from search 10/27/2021 05:42pm • Google is now making it easier for minors or their parents to have photos of them deleted from search results. In a blog post published Wednesday, the company said it is rolling out a tool that lets parents and kids under the age of 18 request photos be removed from its images tab or no longer ap In Somalia, a rare female artist promotes images of peace 10/27/2021 04:04am • MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) ��� Among the once-taboo professions emerging from Somalia���s decades of conflict and Islamic extremism is the world of arts, and a 21-year-old female painter has faced more opposition than most. A rare woman artist in the highly conservative Horn of Africa nation, Sana Ashr YouTube Star 'Meet Kevin' Talks Crypto, Tesla 10/27/2021 12:00am • U.S. News and World Report recently sat down with the colorful and popular investor Kevin Paffrath, better known as "Meet Kevin" after his YouTube handle. At 29, he's already strung together an impressive list of accomplishments: He's a multimillionaire investor in real estate, stocks and alternati Microsoft profit up 24% in quarter, driven by cloud growth 10/26/2021 07:40pm • REDMOND, Wash. (AP) ��� Growth in Microsoft's cloud computing business helped push its profit up 24% in the July-September quarter over the same time last year. The Redmond, Washington-based tech company on Tuesday reported quarterly profit of $17.2 billion, or $2.27 per share, beating Wall Street e Google ads gain fuels profit for parent company Alphabet 10/26/2021 06:30pm • A continued rebound in digital ad spending at Google drove its parent company's profit up 68% in the third quarter. Mountain View, California-based Alphabet Inc. said Tuesday that it earned $18.94 billion, or $27.99 per share, in the July-September period. Revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion. Analy Solid earnings nudge US stocks further into record heights 10/26/2021 04:47pm • Technology and health care companies helped push stocks higher on Wall Street Tuesday, nudging major indexes to new highs. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% and notched its second all-time high in two days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose less than 0.1%, good enough for its third straight record high. US-Apple-Apps-Top-10 10/26/2021 11:45am • Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Minecraft, Mojang 2. Bloons TD 6, Ninja Kiwi 3. Geometry Dash, RobTop Games AB 4. HotSchedules, HotSchedules 5. Heads Up!, Warner Bros. 6. True Skate, True Axis 7. Procreate Pocket, Savage Interactive Pty Ltd 8. Plague Inc., Ndemic Creations 9. Shadowrocket, Shadow Launch T Senator: YouTube, TikTok, Snap offering only small changes 10/26/2021 11:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat are offering only ���tweaks and minor changes��� in their operations to ensure young users��� safety amid rising concern over the platforms��� potential harm to children, the head of a Senate panel told the companies��� executives Tuesday. ���Everythi Caetano Veloso on his new album, social media and aging 10/26/2021 10:47am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Caetano Veloso had written so many songs that he truly believed he was done creating music almost a decade ago when he released the Latin Grammy-winning album ���Abra��a��o.��� ���I still think that I have written too many songs along the years and decades,��� the Brazilian legend Facebook's language gaps weaken screening of hate, terrorism 10/25/2021 05:44pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� As the Gaza war raged and tensions surged across the Middle East last May, Instagram briefly banned the hashtag #AlAqsa, a reference to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem���s Old City, a flash point in the conflict. Facebook, which owns Instagram, l Big tech data centers spark worry over scarce Western water 10/25/2021 05:01pm • THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) ��� Conflicts over water are as old as history itself, but the massive Google data centers on the edge of this Oregon town on the Columbia River represent an emerging 21st century concern. Now a critical part of modern computing, data centers help people stream movies on Netfl